Date:	Thursday 27 September 1962
Time:
Type:	Boeing RB-47K Stratojet
Owner/operator:	USAF
Registration:	53-4279
MSN:	4501303
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Forbes AFB, KS -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Forbes AFB (now Topeka Regional Airport (KFOE))
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed on takeoff due to engine failure.
Four crewmembers killed.
* Other source states: Crashed on approach. 3 killed.

Four Florida newspapers (listed in 'Source') confirm 53-4279 crashed on takeoff.
The four crew are commemorated on the '55th SRWA Memorial' located in the 'Memorial Gardens' at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton Ohio (link in Source')

Scramble
- JF Baugher

Miami Herald - Friday September 28th 1962
The Tampa Tribune - Saturday September 29th 1962
Pensacola News Thursday 27th September 1962
Tallahassee Democrat -Thursday 27th September 1962


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